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WashU study helps Martian astronauts prepare for dust (opens the original)
WashU assistant research professor Scott VanBommel is the lead author of a new paper that examines how dust interacts with Mars rover Perseverance’s spacesuit swatches and other materials.
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What if we paid for electricity through taxes, not bills?
Taxation is broadly progressive, while levies on energy bills hit poorest households hardest.
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Global wildlife trade involves more than double the number of species previously estimated (opens the original)
More than 107,000 species are used and traded worldwide, over double previous estimates, according to new research that suggests the true scale could be far greater due to major gaps in trade data
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CMU to Host Challenge to Put Scientific Data to Work With AI (opens the original)
CMU will host the inaugural ProtoStar Challenge, a new initiative announced Oct. 29 that brings together Hugging Face, a platform for developing and sharing AI models and datasets, and universities participating through the Open Forum for AI (OFAI), an initiative founded at CMU.
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Send Your Name to Titan Aboard NASA’s Dragonfly Mission (opens the original)
You may never soar under the clouds or over the organic sands of Saturn’s moon Titan, but your name can. NASA is inviting the public to send their names aboard the agency’s Dragonfly rotorcraft and be part of the first science mission to fly and explore the surface of another world. To have your
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RESEARCH: New gel fuel could make rocket and satellite propulsion easier to control (opens the original)
Concordia researchers develop a kerosene-based gel that could potentially improve fuel delivery to engines
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NASA’s ISAM State of Play: The Industry Standard for Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (opens the original)
When companies began approaching NASA’s Langley Research Center, asking to be included in the In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) State of Play for access to competitive intelligence, the team knew they had crossed an inflection point. “We’ve had some unnamed companies ask if we have any…
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NASA’s Hubble Marks Way for Roman Space Telescope (opens the original)
A sweeping barred galaxy takes center stage in this Oct. 22, 2026, image, but the gravitational lensing at bottom right is the real target. This observation is one of many gravitational lensing images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope in preparation for science with the new Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. Astronomers will use these
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How the quantum vacuum perturbs atoms, shrinks black holes and formed our galaxies
From the microscopic structure of particles and atoms, to the fate of black holes and the large-scale structure of the universe, the quantum ‘vacuum’ plays a role.
Picture: (ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, A. Leroy)
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Ghostly Cat’s Head Nebula Lurks Within Sight of NASA’s Hubble, Webb (opens the original)
Like a spectral form rising out of a cold mist, NASA’s Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes have captured a hauntingly dynamic star-forming scene. It lies within the vast Carina Nebula, a diffuse star-forming region located about 7,500 light-years away from Earth. The small, select area both telescopes observed is nicknamed the Cat’s Head Nebula
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UCSB chemical engineer to develop low-cost technologies for renewable energy storage (opens the original)
Coming with nearly $1 million in unrestricted research funding, a 2026 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering has been awarded to UC Santa Barbara’s J. Tyler Mefford
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Concordia secures $4.69M for research and infrastructure (opens the original)
Canada Research Chair and infrastructure funding will support research across five disciplines
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Contractor to Civil Servant: NASA Welcomes Jared Spiers (opens the original)
Jared Spiers had an interest in contributing to NASA’s mission long before becoming a civil servant for the agency. Growing up close to NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, and hearing about his father’s work there, he gained a firsthand connection to the nation’s space program. Before graduating high school, he knew
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Nemean Biolabs: from student research to star-up. Biology to beat PFAS (opens the original)
Sense the Science at the Faculty of Science and Engineering 28 29 October 2026 patrick.marx@m… Thu, 10/29/2026 - 13:42 Seriously, is using bacteria to make data centres more environmentally friendly a viable option? Well, yes, if it is up to three…
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England needs 120% of normal rainfall to come out of drought this winter – storms won’t fix that yet
A dry winter could have a huge impact on England’s ability to recover from drought.
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The UK wants ‘AI sovereignty’ to cut its reliance on foreign tech – here’s how that can be achieved
Recent reports have highlighted the risks of relying on foreign suppliers.
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Before bans for under-16s, we need to ask: what counts as social media?
People do not consistently agree on what counts as social media
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Driverless 18-wheelers are on a few highways, but widespread use is a long way down the road
Chaotic roads are still too difficult for automated trucks to navigate.
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The masterminds hiding under the forest (opens the original)
Researchers 研究者名 Mikihito Noguchi ORCID 研究者名 Toju, Hirokazu Activity Database on Education and Research Overview Kyoto, Japan -- Beneath the forest floor extends a vast ecosystem where a diverse array of microorganisms inhabit soil and root systems. Here, fungi and bacteria play particularly pivotal roles in…
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